Nola Sutton has been
best friends and neighbors with the Swift boys for practically her whole
life. There’s the youngest, Kevin, who never stops talking; the oldest,
Brian, who’s always kind and calm; and then there’s Canaan, the
ringleader and Nola’s best-best friend. Nola can’t imagine her life
without the Swift boys — they’ll always be like this, always be friends.

But then everything changes overnight.

When
the Swifts’ daddy leaves without even saying good-bye, it completely
destroys the boys, and all Nola can do is watch. Kevin stops talking and
Brian is never around. Even Canaan is drifting away from Nola — hanging
out with the neighborhood bullies instead of her.

Nola just
wants things to go back to the way they were — the way they’ve always
been. She tries to pull the boys back to her, only the harder she pulls,
the further away they seem. But it’s not just the Swifts whose family
is changing, so is Nola’s, and she needs her best friends now more than
ever. Can Nola and the Swift boys survive this summer with their
friendships intact, or has everything fallen apart for good?

Nola’s
struggle to save her friends, her unwavering hope, and her belief in
the power of friendship make Kody Keplinger’s middle-grade debut a
poignant story of loss and redemption.

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I'm normally not a huge fan of middle grade stories, but this just sounds too adorable to pass up! Plus, that cover is so pretty! I must have!

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